This 97-Year-Old Has Provided Free Barber School Courses For 57 Years

The Mississippi-born 97-year-old has been cutting hair since 1944 when he began his barber business with nothing more than a chair in a shoe shine parlor.

As White’s business grew, young people began asking him how they could become barbers. So in 1960, he established Barber College in Mobile, Alabama. The courses are free-of-charge and provide students with a barbers’ license upon completion of the program (under the condition they secure a job).

White was featured in Allstate’s “Worth Telling” campaign, which pays tribute to little-known black change-makers throughout Black History Month. But the campaign isn’t the first to recognize White’s dedication to Mobile: a street was named after him in the town in 2015.

In 2016,&nbsp;Bozoma Saint John was appointed as a head of global consumer marketing for iTunes and Apple Music. Since she got the role, the&nbsp;Ghana-born executive has made waves at the company. She became the <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/7597402/bozoma-saint-john-executive-of-the-year" target="_blank">first black woman</a> to present at an Apple event in June 2016 and she's the brains behind the <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music/7597402/bozoma-saint-john-executive-of-the-year" target="_blank">greatest Apple Music ad ever</a> starring Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige and Kerry Washington.